Thanks for joining Sarah and me for Meatless Monday today. I wrote last week about how much I love all of the fall fruits and veggies so, for the next few weeks I will be sharing some great seasonal eats with you all. Pumpkin will have it’s chance too but that’s what October is for right? Today I am sharing my healthy and delicious Apple Zucchini Muffins.
Apples are so sweet and juicy right now I just can’t get enough of them. My favorites are Honey Crisp but you can use any variety you like in this recipe. The zucchini keeps the muffins super moist and delicious. Adding veggies to baked goods is a great way to sneak some more of them into your diet and your kids’ too. My non vegetable eating son, snarfed it right down without even realizing that zucchini was in there. Let’s not tell him!
These apple zucchini muffins are super easy to make by quickly grating them with a food processor. You don’t need a fancy one in fact, I just replaced an old broken one with this reasonably priced one. (Affiliate link)
I mentioned trying to do a little more meal prep now that school is back in. These muffins are easily individually wrapped and frozen for later use. I take a frozen one out and leave it in my car while I run and when I come back it’s defrosted and ready to eat.
My apple zucchini muffins are sweetened with honey and have no added white or brown sugar. I’ve packed them with heart healthy walnuts and hemp hearts to boost their nutritional value. You can easily sub gluten free flour if that fits your dietary needs.
Apple Zucchini Muffins Meatless Monday
Ingredients
- 2 cups of grated apples
- 1/2 cups of grated zucchini
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/2 cup pure honey
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 Cups of flour of your choice
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp all spice
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 c hemp hearts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- whisk together honey, oil, eggs and vanilla
- stir in apples and zucchini
- combine dry ingredients together in a small bowl
- fold into wet ingredients
- spray muffin pan with cooking spray
- divide evenly and bake for approx 25 min until firm
- Allow to cool and enjoy
Are you loving the apples right now? What’s your favorite way to eat them?
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These look so amazing, and I love that they’re sweetened with honey! YUM.
Thank you for hosting!
Thanks so much!
Yum! Anything with apples is good in my book- pinning:)
I am loving apples right now so juicy!
I really wish I had one of these right now!
Wish I was close enough to bring you one! 🙂 Have a great day
These look so yummy and healthy, Deborah! Thanks so much for hosting!
Thanks I loved how moist and sweet they were
These look delicious!! I love apple and zucchini in muffins together!
Thanks me too!
Yum! I love zucchini muffins and apple muffins, so I can only imagine that I would love them together!!
OH yes you would! Great combo indeed
Your recipe looks amazing, can’t wait to try it! Thank you for hosting Meatless Monday!
Ah Thanks and glad you joined us!
These look so yummy! Love the combo of apples and zucchini!
Thanks so much they do pair nicely together.
I love zucchini muffins! These look so fluffy and delicious!
Thanks so much hope you give them a try
These look so good and I bet the kitchen smelled amazing while they were baking!
That was the best part! I love the smell of fall spices in the air
What a great way to use zucchini! I have a recipe for a Chocolate Zucchini bundt cake I should share.
PS The link worked–I didn’t get an error message when I clicked through to your post in the email! Yay!
Thanks I think it’s all been fixed! Your chocolate cake sounds good too!
I love apples and zucchini. I can’t wait to go apple picking. So much fun!
They are a great combo!
Delicious! Love apples!
Me too they are so good right now!
YAAAAAY for apple season!!! I love any baked goods with zucchini. I must make these!
OH great! I really hope you enjoy them thanks
These sound delicious. Yay for cheap apples. I just picked up a bunch of honeycrisps my favorite yesterday on sale.
My favorite too!
Mmm apples and zucchini sound like the perfect muffin combo!!
Thanks so much!
Looks super healthy and delicious! I love Apple anything and think this sounds like a nice combo
Thanks so much hope you give them a try
I’m loving anything apple right now too. Those look so good!
Thanks so much! There are so many apple varieties right now
Wow, these look delicious! I like the idea of sneaking some extra veggies in there 🙂
Yes no one will notice!
I’ve come across so many zucchini recipes in the last week. So many that I bought some zucchini the other day and am baking up a storm. Must add this to my list!
I’ve been baking up a storm as well! It’s fun
OMG these muffins look amazing! I love apples and zucchini so I need to whip these up soon!
Oh great I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
Sounds so good and very fall like with the apples. I need to get myself a muffin tin ASAP!
Well I would! LOL 🙂
These look amazing! We just went to the apple orchard yesterday so we need to get some zucchini and make these! If only I had my garden this year I would run out and pick some and make them right now!
Happy Meatless Monday!
I’d love to have my own garden but I am so not a green thumb sadly. Have a great meatless Monday friend
I’m with you – I’m not ready for all the pumpkin! These sound great if I can still find good zucchini!
Thanks so much! I found lots of nice this week
Hey there! Can I use apple sauce instead of oil?
I am not sure the exact measurement you would use but hey try it out and let me know how it goes!
Yum!!!
Well thank you!
It is the day for zucchini baked goods! These look amazing, Deb!
Well thanks so much! I do love a good zucchini 🙂
These look delicious. I’m all about anything apple in the fall.
The apples are so great right now!
These sound amazing! A perfect Fall treat, can’t wait to make some 🙂
Thanks so much!
I just used the last zucchini I had from my CSA, but now I’m hoping we get more this week so I can make a batch of these. I can only imagine how good the house must smell when they’re baking!
I love all the smells of fall cinnamon, nutmeg ooh so good
Those look delicious and healthy! I am with you, no pumpkin until October!!!!
Yes plenty of time for pumpkin 🙂
These look good. It’s not quite cool enough yet to be baking in my kitchen, but soon…
I sure hope so!!
We’re on the same page today with baked goods using zucchini! 🙂 I love how versatile zucchini is!
It’s the best I love it!
It’s been a while since I’ve made a zucchini bread, but this seems like a great way to do it. Yum!
Fabulous hope you give it a go!
I’m a sucker for anything bread-ish that has zucchini in it. SO GOOD! Thanks for giving me another recipe to play with!
Anytime! Hope you enjoy 🙂
I was drooling when I saw these on Instagram earlier – love me some apple zucchini muffins! Happy September!
Thanks! That was the idea 🙂
Love it!
I am a zucchini bread/muffin lover! I will have to save this to try. My sister is going to come visit me in another month and supposidly she’s going to bring me some zucchini from her garden, YAY!
Oh wow that’s nice. Hope you all try them out
I made my first zucchini bread (in several years) recently. I forget how moist zucchinis make everything! These muffins look awesome…I love apples…honey crisp and gala are my favorites 😉
They really do!
Looks so delicious! I’m planning on apple picking soon and this will be a great recipe to try!
Fabulous hope you enjoy them!
These look so good!!! I’ve never made muffins with apple in them… yum!!!
OH the apples are so good right now it’s a perfect time to try them
I have these pinned to try later. My hubby isn’t a big fan of apples but I’m thinking he would like these.
They are really yummy hope you both enjoy them
yummy! pinned these for later – wasn’t able to find the hemp hearts though. Where do you buy them?
They have them at my regular grocery store in the organic section.
Honey crisp are my favorite too. So ready for fall and sweet juicy apples are of to reasons why.
Yes definitely!
Brad Pitt better watch out because THESE HUNKS are going to be the next best thing! 😉 —
LOL I just love you!
I LOVE zucchini bread so these look like a fun twist.
Thanks so much hope you check them out!
Apples have just appeared here … I love them. And your recipe sounds so yummy, as usual !
Thanks so much Karen hope you give them a try
These look great… love the addition of zucchini in here!
Thanks I did too
Oh my goodness, these look amazing! Welcome Fall!
Thanks so much hope you enjoy them!
Those look great, Deborah!
Thanks so much! They are one of my new favorites